Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System

Victims Victims of personal crime, 2013/14.

- 4.7% Female
- 5.0% Male

Defendants The majority of court proceedings and convictions are made up of males, with 75% being male in 2013.

TV licence evasion Television licence evasion made up:

- 36% of female prosecutions in 2013, compared to 5% for males.

Violence Proportion of adults who reported being a victim of violence by type and sex, 2013/14.

- 75% Domestic violence
- 25% Acquaintance violence
- 14% Stranger violence

Shoplifting Shoplifting convictions as a proportion of all indictable convictions, 2013.

- 86% of convictions for males.
- 70% of female prosecutions in 2013, compared to 45% for females.

Drug offences Custody rate for indictable drug offences, 2013.

- 4.7% Male
- 5.0% Female

Summary offences Summary offences convictions as a proportion of all convictions, 2013.

- 86% of convictions for males.
- 70% of female prosecutions in 2013, compared to 45% for females.

Indictable offences

- 45% of convictions for males.
- 22% of female prosecutions in 2013, compared to 5% for males.

Convictions for indictable offences, 2013.

- 14% of convictions for females.

Immediate custody Proportion of offenders sentenced to custody (for indictable offences), 2013.

- 15% of convictions for males.
- 29% of female prosecutions in 2013, compared to 22% for females.

Average custodial sentence length, indictable offences, 2013.

- 9.9 months for males.
- 18.8 months for females.

Prison Prison population proportions by sex, 30 June 2014.

- 4.6% Female
- 95.4% Male

Proven re-offending Proven re-offending rates by sex and adult/juvenile, 2012.

- 5% Male adults
- 10% Male juveniles
- 15% Female adults
- 20% Female juveniles

Self-harm in custody Proportion of self-harm incidents in prisons who were convicted of a crime.

- 40% of self-harm incidents in prisons were convicted of a crime.